The Palliative Care Education Team aims to provide an in-service and community based programme that offers educational opportunities to all health professionals in Southland and the Wakatipu basin across specialist and general providers and the wider community.
The education provided aims to be holistic, accessible and relevant to current practice.
February
15 Companioning the Dying – Invercargill, 9.30am-4pm
17 Syringe Driver Practical – Invercargill, 11am-12pm
24 Syringe Driver Practical – Gore, tbc
March
10 Rotational education session: Respiratory – Invercargill, 10am-11.30am
17 Syringe Driver Practical – Invercargill, 11am-12pm
April
21 Syringe Driver Practical – Invercargill, 11am-12pm
28 Syringe Driver Practical – Queenstown Lakes Hospital, ttbc
May
12 Rotational education session: Gastrointestinal System – Invercargill, 10am-11.30am
19 Syringe Driver Practical – Invercargill, 11am-12pm
June
16 Syringe Driver Practical – Invercargill, 11am-12pm
July
14 Rotational education session: Pain – Invercargill, 10am-11.30am
21 Syringe Driver Practical – Invercargill, 11am-12pm
August
18 Syringe Driver Practical – Invercargill, 11am-12pm
25 Fundamentals of Palliative Care Workshop Module 1 – Invercargill, 9.30am-12.30pm. Register here.
25 Syringe Driver Practical – Queenstown Lakes Hospital, ttbc
September
15 Syringe Driver Practical – Invercargill, 11am-12pm
16 Syringe Driver Practical – Gore, ttbc
29 Fundamentals of Palliative Care Workshop Module 2 – Invercargill, 9.30am-12.30pm. Register here.
October
20 Syringe Driver Practical — Invercargill, 11am-12pm
27 Fundamentals of Palliative Care Workshop Module 3 – Invercargill, 9.30am-12.30pm. Register here.
November
11 Cultivation and Sustaining Compassion – Invercargill, 9am-3pm
17 Syringe Driver Practical — Invercargill, 11am-12pm
24 Rotational education session: Psychosocial/spirituality – Invercargill, 10am-11.30am
You may download the Education booklet 2022 in pdf format here to print for details on all programme training sessions.
If you would like to register for any of the programmes please download the Registration form here, fill in and email back to education@hospicesouthland.org.nz or post to Hospice Southland, PO Box 7020, Invercargill 9844.